Guild of Scientific Troubadours

So I thought I'd spotlight a blog I think has a great premise:
The Guild of Scientific Troubadours

The idea is, you read a science article or peer-reviewed journal article then write a song about it. What a great way to exercise your science communication muscles and try to make papers accessible in song form.

Looks like just the "guildmaster" is writing songs at the moment, but I hope others jump aboard. I wish I had song writing ability as I think there should be more songs in circulation that convey science. Props to They Might Be Giants, but they can't do it alone.

[ In a side note, I have started a list of songs that mention plants in their lyrics, although I can't say any of them teach you cool things about plants ]

So, start writing biological songs! And for inspiration, I will provide the lyrics to a TMBG song, below the fold:

MAMMAL
By: They Might Be Giants
Copyright: 1992

Glass of milk
Standing in between extinction in the cold
and explosive radiating growth
So the warm blood flows
Through the large four-chambered heart
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog

One of us might lose his hair
But you're reminded that it once was there
From the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail
So the warm blood flows
with the red blood cells lacking nuclei
Through the large four-chambered heart
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog

Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
Their cousin called Monotreme
Dead uncle Allotheria

Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog
The fox, the ox
Giraffe and shrew
Echidna, caribou

(lyrics from the tmbg wiki)